Printing-frame.



Ws, weisse/S P. C. SOUTHWIGK.

PRINTING FRAME.

APPLICATION FILED Nov.11, 190s.

968,277. Patented Aug. 23, 1910.

UNITED STATES ,PATENT OFFICE.

PLIN C. SOUTI-IWICK, OF SANDWICH, ILLINOIS.

PRINTING-FRAME.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PLIN C. SoUTr-rwroi, a citizen of the United States,and resident of Sandwich, county of Dekalb, and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Printing-Frames, ofwhich the following is a specification, and which are illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

This invention relates to frames for making photographic prints, itsobject being` to provide a construction which will simplify andconsequently expedite the printing operation and which will alsoaccommodate sheets of various sizes.

The invention consists in the device hereinafter described and which isillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is aperspective of the frame; Figs. 2 and 3 are, respectively, side and endelevations of the same.

The base of the frame is composed of the side members 10 and 11, and endmembers 12 and 13, all preferably of wood and fitted together by gainedjoints, as shown at 14. rIhe upper inner edges of these several membersare rabbeted, as shown at 15, to provide a seat for a photographicnegative 16, from which the imprintis to be made, the depth of thisseatbeing substantially the same as the thickness 0f the glass plate,the upper faces of the side members 10 and 11 being, therefore, flushwith the upper surface of the plate and the upper surface of the endmember 13 being' also preferably at the same level. rlhe pressure plate17 is hinged to the end member 13, as shown at 18, its inner face beingcovered by a soft pad 19.

Suitable means are provided for securing the swinging end of thepressure plate 17 to the base. A convenient arrangement for this purposeis shown, comprising a turn Specication of Letters Patent. Patented Aug.2,3, 1910. Application filed November 11, 1908.

Serial No. 462,075.

button 20, pivotally attached to the end member 13 and adapted to engagethe upper face of the plate 17, which is shown as cut to form a bevel orcam engagable by the turn button. The vertical thickness of the endmember, as 13, is such that its upper face is flush with the uppersurface of the plate 17 when the latter is closed.

In use the negative 1G is placed within the seat, or if the print is tobe made from films there is fitted-to the seat a plain glass plate uponwhich the film is laid. The printing paper 22 is now applied to theupper face of the negative, its ends projecting beyond the sides of theframe, if the length of the paper is greater than the frame width. Theplate 17 being now lowered and secured by the turn button 20, theexposure to the light is made.

This improved printing frame is especially adapted to time print-ing andpermits the use of printing paper only a portion of which is to beoccupied by the photograph, such, for example, as mailing' cards.I-Ieretofore it has been necessary to employ a printing frame whichwould receive the entire sheet and consequently, where a variety of workis to be turned out, the operatoreither uses a number of frames ofvarious sizes or a much larger frame than was required for some of hiswork.

l I claim as my inventiony In a photograph printing device, incombination, a plate-holding frame, and a cover hinged thereto, the rearend of the cover being flush with the rear end of the frame the sides ofthe device being open between the frame and cover when the latter isclosed.

PLIN C. SOUTHIVICK.

IVitnesses LOUIS K. GILLsoN, E. M. KLATeI-IER.

